Effects of a nurse practitioner on a multidisciplinary consultation team

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 625-633

  Van Der Sluis, Corry K ^a,b   Datema, Linetta ^a   Saan, Ingrid ^a   Stant, Dennis ^a   Dijkstra, Pieter U ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cohort; Hand; Multidisciplinary consultation team; Nurse practitioner; Questionnaire; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STATISTICS; WORKLOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59449105835     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2008.04916.x     Document Type: Article

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